July 2007
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You think I'm being sarcastic? Not at all: First of all, I just wanted to make a beautiful thing, and something that honored God. This is from an interview with eMusic which you can read in its entirety here. The topic is her newly-released album, Theology. I'm more familiar with her somewhat notorious and flamboyant…
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Sibelius: Kullervo This choral symphony in five movements was written when Sibelius was only twenty-six and suppressed not long after its premiere, remaining unperformed for many years. As best I can tell from a bit of reading, the suppression was a result of bad reviews and the composer’s own doubts about the work. But it’s…
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This is what America needs. And this is what America deserves. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Idiot Winds You probably saw the news story that appeared in the past week or so giving an account of a study that claims to have disproved the common notion that women talk more than men. (It’s a common notion among men, anyway—women in general may not agree.) Clio has an amusing yeah! in response.…
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From Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Lucy has used a spell "which would let you know what your friends thought about you," and what she heard has spoiled a friendship that was just beginning. Aslan arrives: "Child," he said, "I think you have been eavesdropping." "Eavesdropping?" "You listened to what your two schoolfellows were saying…
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Mentioning the best TV show ever in this week's journal reminded me of one of the first entries in this series, from January 2004: The Twilight Zone and the Fall of Liberalism. It will be a mildly sad day when I find that there are no TZ episodes that I haven't seen. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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Terri Hendrix: The Ring Most of what I said about the Terri Hendrix album I reviewed a few weeks ago, Places In Between, applies equally to The Ring, so I’ll make this brief. The two albums are very similar in style and quality. I think The Ring is, overall, a more consistent set of songs,…
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An Uneasy Fourth As a member of the melancholic-American community, I don’t generally feel a lot of exuberance on the 4th of July. Quietly reflective is more my style: I usually go down to the bay, a few hundred feet from my house, and watch the fireworks launched from the town pier a quarter of…
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Whatever your level of interest in the Latin Mass, you really should read this letter, if you haven't already. It's beautiful and moving. There's a very readable copy at Whispers. "Let us generously open our hearts and make room for everything that the faith itself allows." Amen, amen, amen. Pre-TypePad http://js-kit.com/for/lightondarkwater.com/comments.js
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So, the motu proprio that greatly broadens permission for the Tridentine Mass has arrived. In case you want to read it and haven't already located it on your own—two conditions which I doubt apply to many people who read this blog—Whispers in the Loggia, a blog which chronicles Vatican doings on a pretty detailed level…
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